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TERENCE. Publii terentii afri comoediae Ad optimorum Exemplarium sidem recensitae... Cantabrigiae [i.e. Cambridge]. Typis Academicis, Impensis Jacobi Tonson, 1701. Quarto. [4], 520pp. With an additional engraved title-page. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled Russia calf, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed, small chip at foot of spine, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, lightly spotted. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 15351

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TERENCE. Publii terentii afri comoediae. Birminghamiae [i.e. Birmingham]. Typis Johannis Baskerville, 1772. 12mo. [2], 307pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Rubbed, upper joint split. Marbled endpapers, Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30405

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[TERRIERS]. [Drop-head title:] Terriers Produced in the Court of Chancery be the Respondent. Extracted from the Registry of the Lord Bishop of Lincoln. [London?]. [s.n.], [1768]. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Several small holes and short tears to text - with some loss of sense, creased and a trifle dusty, pen-trials to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25504

[TESSIN, Carl Gustaf]. Letters from an old man to a young prince; with the answers. Translated from the Swedish. To which are prefixed Those of Her Present Majesty to her Son. London. Printed for R. Griffiths, 1759. Second edition. 12mo. In three volumes. xliv, [1], 46-237, [1]; 228; 223pp, [5]. With two final leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. III. Handsomely bound in contemporary vellum, spines richly gilt, contrasting black roan lettering-pieces. Extremities a trifle rubbed and discoloured. Marbled endpapers, recent book-labels of Peter Stewart Young and John Sparrow to front pastedowns, contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of J. Gill and later inscriptions of C. Parker ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28187

[THE GUARDIAN]. The guardian. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1729. Fifth edition. 12mo. In two volumes. 349, [9]; 358pp, [14]. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines chipped at head and foot. Armorial bookplates of Rev. Thomas Greene to FEPs, with his inked ownership inscription to Vol. I title, occasional dampstaining. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32395

[THE GUARDIAN]. The guardian. Glasgow. Printed and sold by Robert Foulis, 1746. 12mo. In two volumes. [6], 334, [8]; [4], 346pp, [10]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28529

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[THE MARINE SOCIETY]. A sermon preached before the President, Vice-Presidents, and Governors, of the marine society, at St. andrew's church, holborn, on occasion of their anniversary meeting, on thursday 10th february 1774.. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1777. The third edition. [4], 36pp.

[Bound with:] GLASSE, Samuel. A sermon preached before the president, vice-presidents, and governors, of the Marine Society...Including The General Account of Receipts and Disbursements to the present Time: with the State of the Subscription; and a List of the Governors. London. Printed for Dodsley, 1778. First edition. [4], 62pp. ESTC T136163.

[And:] KAYE, Richard. A sermon preached before the president, vice-presidents, and governors, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 35146

[THE MISTAKES OF MEN]. The mistakes of men in search of happiness. An ethic epistle, To Mrs. *******. London. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761. First edition. Quarto. 11pp, [1]. Uncut. Later restitched. Creased, fore-edge damp-stained, several small holes to water-marked final leaf, early inked ownership inscription to blank verso: 'Donald Williamson, Culloden near Inverness'. More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 25307

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[THEOBALD, Lewis], [MESTAYER, Henry]. The Perfidious Brother, a tragedy: As it is Acted at the new theatre in Little lincolns-inn-fields. By Mr. theobald. London. Printed and Sold by Jonas Brown, 1715. First edition. Quarto. [8], 57pp, [1] Without terminal advertisement leaf. Later half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, chipping to spine, paper label with manuscript shelf-mark to upper board. Leaves browned, ticket of Dublin-based bookseller T. Connolly to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28340

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[THEOLOGY]. Five letters, viz. I. Some Conjectures concerning an Eternal Creation. II. That there was from Eternity a Fitness and Unfitness, in the Nature of Things, by Which the Will of God was always determined. III. Reflections on the Duties we owe to God and one another. Together with Remarks on some of the Jewish Revelations. In a Dialogue between Saul and Samuel. IV. That God was not the First Institutor of Sacrifices, wherein the Case of Abraham offering up his Son, is fully reasoned; and Moses vindicated from the Aspersion generally thrown upon him, of making God the Author of that Command. V. Concerning the Evidence necessary to ascertain the Divinity of those Revelations which require us to do Action. London. Printed for T. Cooper, 1737. First edition. 8vo. [4], 67pp, [1]. With a half-title. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. Half-title working loose, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33018

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[THE ROLLIAD]. The rolliad, in two parts; probationary odes for the laureatship; and political miscellanies: with criticisms and illustrations. London. Printed for J. Ridgway, 1795. 8vo. xxxii, 396, 154pp. 'Political miscellanies' has separate pagination and register. With an engraved frontispiece and an engraved title page vignette. With an 'Advertisement to the fourth edition' implying that this is the fourth edition. Contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities rubbed, small worm-hole to upper joint. Offsetting to title, occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21658

[THE SCOTCH HUT]. The scotch hut, a poem, addressed to euphorbus; or, the earl of the grove. London. Printed for J. Almon, 1779. First edition. Quarto. 12pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Central horizontal crease, lightly spotted and dust-soiled. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19207

THICKNESSE, Philip. A letter to her majesty the queen of great britain. London. Printed for the author, and sold by S. Fores, 1791. First edition. Quarto. [2], 13pp, [1]. Disbound. Eight loose leaves, stab-stitch holes to gutter. Title page soiled at foot, occasional short tears to margins. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25907

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THICKNESSE, Philip. Useful hints to those who make the tour of france, in a series of letters, written from that kingdom... London. Printed for G. Kearsly, 1770. Second edition, corrected. 12mo. [4], 264pp.With a half-title. Contemporary calf, later rebacked and recornered. Heavily rubbed. Scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25903

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[THOMOND, Henry O’Brien, Earl of]. [Drop-head title:] A bill for confirming several grants in fee-farm, made by Henry Earl of Thomond, by virtue of or since the passing of an Act of the first session of this present Parliament, [intituled, An Act to enable the Earl of Thomond to make leases for three lives, with covenants for renewal for ever, and grants in fee-farm, of the lands and hereditaments in Ireland, comprized in his marriage-settlement] and for giving some ease and relief to the purchasers, under the said former Act, in the particulars herein mentioned. [London]. [s.n.], [1713]. Folio. 4pp. With a docket title. Disbound. Three old horizontal folds. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24230

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[THOMPSON, Edward]. The soldier. A poem. Inscribed to the Honourable general conway. London. Printed for J. Almon, 1764. First edition. Quarto. [2], 21pp, [1]. With half-title. Later grey paper wrappers. Endpapers and edges browned, very light occasional scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22794

[THOMPSON, Edward]. The temple of venus. A gentle satire on the times. By the Author of the Meretriciad. Part the first. London. Printed for C. Moran, 1763. Quarto. [2], 21pp, [1]. Disbound. Title and terminal leaf detached from text block, each with some marginal loss and tearing, light damp staining throughout. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 12010

THOMPSON, William. An hymn to may. London. Printed and sold by R. Dodsley, [1746]. First edition. Quarto. [2], v, [2], 8-33pp, [2]. With a half-title. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Half-title and verso of final leaf marked, short tears to spine, edges dusty, occasional spotting. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 19208

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THOMPSON, W[illiam]. A copy of Thompson's Justification, founded on the Solid Principles of Truth and Public Virtue. In a letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Court of Common Council of the City of London... London. Written by W. Thompson and printed upon Credit, 1761. First edition. 8vo. 28pp. Disbound. Occasional spots of foxing and some light dust-soiling, one instance of ink annotation to text. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 12557

THOMSON, Alexander. Whist: a poem, in twelve cantos. London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1792. Second edition. 8vo. 196pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, paper label with title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and soiled, spine worn. Early inked ownership inscription of B. M. Murdo to title page, title page shaved at head. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32252